Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-02

tinthcd or moved There he stood, quiet
and strong rs Some old stubby tree his plain,
honest face and watchful eve afFording q
strange contrast TO the beautiful hut de
mouiacal countcnance of the great Dutch
man Presently he spoke IN measured tones
81 have proved myself a better man than
Yourself once, Frank Muller, and if necessary
! will again, Notwithstanding that knife
Of yours But. in the meantime, ! wish to
remind Won that ! have pass signed 10y your
own general guaranteeing our safety. And
now, Mr. Muller" with flash of the blue
eyes Il am ready" The Dutchnan drew the
knife and then replaced it in its sheath For
4 moment he was minded to end the matter
hen and there, hut suddenly remembered,
even IN his rage that there was witness
"A pass from the general'' he said, forget
Siug his caution in his fuzzy; 'much good
pass from the general Is likely to be to you.
You are in my power, mani If | choose to
Close my hand can crush You. But there
there, he added, checking himself, perhaps
ought to make allowances You are one Of
defeated people and no doubt are sore and
say what YOU do not mean. ANYHOW there
is an end Of it. especially in the presence of n
ladv Some dav we NAV I've atle TO settle
our trouble like men. Capt Mel: till then,
with your permission we will let it drop"
Quite So Mr Muller said John only you
must not ask me to shake hands with YOU
- Very good. Capt Mel: and now, if YOU
will allow me- will tell the boy to get your
horses in: we must i've getting on if we are to
reach Heidelberg to might And he bowed
himself ont. feeling that his temper had once
At.
Ours, the mani he said to himself The is
what those English call gentleman. It was
| brave of him t. refuse to take my hand when
| he is in my power"
John said jess. as soon as the door had
closed, q am afraid of that man. If
| had understood that he had anything to do
with the pn.S would not have taken it.
| thought that the writing was familiar 10 me-
| Oh. dear, | wish We had stopped at Pre-
| toria'
''What can't be cured must be endured. -
| said John, again. The only thing to do is
| to make the best of it, and get on as we can
| You viii I've all right anyhow, but he hates
| me like poison. | suppose that it is on ac-
count OF Bessie
aYes, that's it," said jess; che is madly in
| love with Bessie, or was
at is curious to think that man like that
can he in love, remarked John, as he lit his
| pipe, "but it only shows what queer mix
| lures people are. | say. jess, if this fellow
| hates me 50. what made him give me the
pass, eh? What's his game"
jess shook her head as she answered Il
| don't know, John, don't like it
81 suppose he can't mean 10 murder me; he
did try it on once You know"
"Oh, no, John she answered, with sort
| of cry. "uot that
| "WelL don't know that it would matter
much, = he said, with an approach 10 cheer
| fulneSs which was rather failure 1t would
| save one deal of worry, and only anticipate
things bit. But there, | frightened you,
and dare say that he is, for the present, at
any rate, an honest man, and has no inten-
tions on my person. Look there is Mouti
calling us. | wonder if those brutes have
given him anything TO eat. Wen collar the
rest of this leg Of mutton on chance. AT any
rate, Frank Muller sha'n't starve me to
DEATH and with cheerful laugh he left the
room.
In few minutes they were on their road
again. As they started Frank Muller came
up, took off his hat and informed them tina;
he would probably join them on the morrow
below Heidelberg, in which town they would
find every preparation to enable them to
spend the night comfortably If he did moi
join them it would be because he was detained
on duty. In that case the two men had his or.
ders to escort them safely to Mooifontein
-and, he added significantly, q do not thinl